Glockenspiel-Deutsch

Lesson 01

Set up Bill’s bench

Settings → Bill’s display preferences

1. Open Settings from the top toolbar. Inches are Bill’s initial bounds-readout preset; an existing saved choice is retained. Choose Readout units and Decimal places.
2. Choose App theme, Model background, Panel text and Interface motion to suit your workstation. Changes save on this device when browser storage is available. Check the displayed save status.
3. To keep these choices in your private profile, expand Profile & session activity and choose Save display settings to profile. Private saving requires your verified Bill editor invitation. On another device, open that invitation and choose Load saved profile. Loading applies saved display choices and self-entered profile details; it does not change your activity-recording consent.
4. Open Workspace menu → My GO3D profile & badge to enter your preferred name, CAD experience, workstation description and goals. These fields are optional and self-entered. Save profile saves those details; Load my saved details loads them without changing display settings.
5. In Settings → SolidWorks tool map, use Find a task. Try “drawing”, “move project” or “history”. Select a result to open its tool. Clear task search or Escape restores all tasks.

Lesson 02

Know which representation you are holding

View

1. Start with the original character reference and choose a region. Use Fit to recover the view. Drag to rotate; use Shift/right-drag to pan. Touch gestures depend on the browser.
2. Use the X, Y and Z view buttons to understand the source frame. This scan uses its own coordinate system; do not assume a SolidWorks Front view or a familiar assembly origin.
3. Distinguish the source scan, a proposed cut, a placed library component and a generated review result. Together, Spread apart and Show only this part are inspection controls; changing the view is not a mating operation.

Lesson 03

Establish scale before engineering

Design → 1 · Scan / measure

1. Before loading another scan, save the current project. Preserve the original file separately. Import the intended scan and choose its actual file units; STL has no standardized unit field; confirm the source units.
2. When you have a physical reference, enter Known physical length (mm) along the correct calibration axis. Use a trustworthy measurement, not a visually estimated height.
3. Use Measure between two points to compare a second known dimension. Record the source, calibration choice and uncertainty. Scan-derived distances are not metrology certification.

Lesson 04

Define an interface without rebuilding the person

Design → 2 · Section

1. Choose one engineering question: bearing access, a service opening, an attachment datum or a separable region. Let that purpose determine the section; do not treat an anatomical label as an approved joint location.
2. Enable Show section on displayed model, then position the section and inspect its intersection with the preserved scan. Name it by purpose, for example “Shoulder interface — bearing access”. Use Queue this cut to retain the proposal.
3. Get section DXF when you need the contour. It is a review intersection: an uncapped contour does not prove a watertight printable solid. Check loops and units before using it in native CAD.

Lesson 05

Bring Bill’s mechanical knowledge into the project

Design → 3 · Place parts

1. Import one known mechanical component from your permitted library or supplier files. Confirm source units. Keep the original native CAD and its provenance; a preview mesh is not its feature history.
2. Use Find a loaded part to search the components already in this project’s loaded library. It searches the loaded parts, not every folder, online catalog or private CAD account.
3. Enter manufacturer, part number and source URL where the controls provide those fields. For a glockenspiel mechanism, document the intended role—support, pivot, striker or fastener—rather than assuming an imported shape has the right specification.

Lesson 06

Place a component with a stated intent

Choose fit & preview

1. Choose the placement that matches your goal: Use scan datum, Align to anatomical surface, Insert inside the body, or Attach to a component.
2. Use Pick a point on the scan where appropriate. Inspect the point and surface direction, then set the intended axis and Offset / insertion depth · mm. Preview before committing.
3. Inspect the placement from more than one direction. Rigid placement preserves component size. “Attach” describes placement context; it is not proof of a solved mechanical mate, collision-free motion or acceptable load path.

Lesson 07

Make two alternatives explain their difference

History → Dual Sense · A/B branches

1. Save the baseline, then use Branch from this point. Name Route A and Route B for the engineering hypothesis, such as “external support” and “internal support”.
2. Use Save branch before switching. Saved branches & handoff contains Save current & open branch and Download all branches. Keep a separate downloaded copy.
3. Use Compare Route A and Route B. Compare recorded measurements and observations: access, envelope, part count, serviceability, movement and intended sound mechanism. An appealing view is not a measured winner.

Lesson 08

Fit only the surface that earns its place

Design → Surface & color → Automatic scan → NURBS

1. Use a bounded patch when an interface needs a smoother mathematical surface. Select the relevant region and inspect the fit against the original scan.
2. Look at the control net and reported sampled deviation. A sampled error is evidence for the checked samples and settings, not a guarantee of every point on the character.
3. Export a tested surface sheet if useful to the next CAD operation. An open fitted patch is not a reconstructed closed character, a watertight print body or a recovered SolidWorks feature tree.

Lesson 09

Choose the deliverable for the next operation

Export → Selection → File format

1. Confirm the selected region or saved cut. Use STL · review mesh for mesh inspection, DXF · section lines for section geometry, and STEP · CAD → Generate review STEP for a supported C01 region/cut.
2. Download and unzip the generated package. Check the selection, revision, source identity and stated units before opening the file in another tool.
3. After a selection, cut or source changes, create a new export. Retain original scans and supplier-native files alongside derived deliverables. A neutral file is a handoff, not the complete editable project.

Lesson 10

Make the review sheet tell the truth

Export → Prepare shop drawing

1. If no usable selection exists, Choose a character part opens View. Select the region yourself, then return to Export. All six parts is not a substitute for a supported selected-region export.
2. Choose Current export selection or Visible placed parts. Set paper, title, revision and notes, then Create review drawing.
3. Use Open print / Save PDF, Download SVG or Download drawing package. The package contains the SVG, full-size millimetre DXF views and a source report. In browser printing, use the stated paper size and 100% / actual size when a scale is required.

Lesson 11

Save the design, not merely its picture

Save complete project · History · Files

1. Download Save complete project as the supported .go3d.json project. Save a named checkpoint before a substantial change. Download history and all branches when you need a separate recovery copy.
2. Use Open complete project and verify a selected cut, one component placement, its metadata and the source reference. Relink required source or library files if the saved package identifies them as external.
3. Read the actual save and cloud-backup status. A browser checkpoint, a confirmed cloud backup and a downloaded project are different recovery copies. A screenshot or STEP file alone does not preserve the complete working recipe.

Lesson 12

Teach the project what you mean

Review / Ask GO3D · Tell GO3D what you need

1. Use questions to understand a tool, and development requests to ask for a change. Include project, selected part, revision, what happened, what you expected and the priority.
2. For dictation where the microphone control is available, review the recognized text before sending or executing a supported action. Browser speech support varies.
3. New development requests close at the displayed next whole hour. A 1:59 submission closes at 2:00 in the displayed timing system, not 2:59. Amend or cancel before the cutoff. A saved or batched request is not evidence that code has been implemented.

To review your practice separately from a development request, open Settings → Profile & session activity. If you choose to record activity, select a session and choose What GO3D noticed. Explain what you intended, or correct GO3D’s interpretation, under What were you trying to do?, then choose Save reviewed session to profile. That text is sent only when you explicitly save it. Activity recording does not submit a development request or prove that an operation succeeded.